T/Sgt. Joseph Edward Brunson
Born: 15 September 1921 – Atwood, Illinois
Parents: Harry Brunson and Elizabeth Marie Ashurst-Brunson
Siblings: 2 sisters, 1 brother
Hometown: Brookfield, Illinois
– the family moved to Brookfield from Forest Park in 1939
Education:
– left Proviso Township High School after three years
– graduated from Riverside Brookfield High School
– attended LaGrange Junior College
Home: 3208 Maple Avenue – Brookfield, Illinois
Wife: Margaret Lorine Brunson
Selective Service Registration: 16 February 1942
– Contact Person: Elizabeth Bunson – mother
Inducted:
– U.S. Army
– Unknown
Trained:
– Camp Grant, Illinois
– Jefferson Barracks, Saint Louis, Missouri
– Camp Rotund
– Hill Army Airfield, Utah
Residence: 1136 Twenty-Second Street – Ogden, Utah
Units:
– Eighth Cargo Combat Squadron
Stationed:
– Finschhafen, New Guinea – November 1944
– Biak Island – January 1945
Died:
– 29 January 1945 – Clark Airfield, Philippine Islands
Buried:
– 13 October 1949 – Rock Island National Cemetery – Rock Island, Illinois
– Section: E Site: 52
